R&B singer Khalid announced he will be organizing a benefit concert for the families of the victims of the mass shooting that took place at a Walmart in El Paso on August 3rd.

On August 3rd and 4th, two mass shootings shook the US. The first shooting, which took place in El Paso at the Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall, killed 22 people and injured two dozen others. El Paso Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Robert Gomez said during a news conference following the attack that the store was “at capacity,” during the time of the shooting.

The shooting suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius from Allen, Texas. The 21-year-old white supremacist was charged with capital murder and is being held without bond. Police stated that Crusius wrote and posted a 2,300-word manifesto titled “The Inconvenient Truth,” to 8chan, an online messaging board. In…

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